Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Rwanda

1991

Life expectancy: 46.2

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Life expectancy at birth in Rwanda was 46.2 years in 1991: 49.1 for women and 43.7 for men, a gap of 5.3 years. 125,608 people died; 12.2% of them were 65 or older and 43.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1991

Life expectancy at birth

46.2

Women

49.1

Men

43.7

Life expectancy at 65

10.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

101.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

167.1

Deaths

125,608

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.7

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

559

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

432

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1991's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1991

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	100.65	117.75	49.1	43.7
1-4	18.54	19.77	53.1	48.0
5-9	4.62	5.17	53.1	47.8
10-14	3.21	3.53	49.2	44.0
15-19	4.33	5.71	45.0	39.7
20-24	6.39	10.00	40.9	35.8
25-29	8.50	12.39	37.2	32.5
30-34	10.22	14.64	33.7	29.4
35-39	12.00	17.42	30.3	26.5
40-44	13.52	19.96	27.0	23.7
45-49	15.23	23.00	23.7	20.9
50-54	18.81	27.43	20.4	18.1
55-59	23.85	33.08	17.2	15.4
60-64	33.81	44.21	14.0	12.7
65-69	50.05	60.89	11.2	10.3
70-74	77.32	88.23	8.6	8.1
75-79	116.54	127.51	6.6	6.2
80-84	171.53	183.26	5.0	4.7
85-89	247.76	256.21	3.7	3.6
90-94	343.29	342.26	2.8	2.8
95-99	458.56	451.40	2.1	2.2
100+	588.48	574.94	1.7	1.7

Mortality in Rwanda by year

Mortality in Rwanda, 1991

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